“To get out on the road and play at NRG (Stadium), where they have the Super Bowl. It’s a great stadium to play in. National TV game. We’ve done pretty well in those situations.”

About four years ago, many thought Sumlin would be the one in the maroon and gold, not current coach Todd Graham.

In 2011, before the Sun Devils hired Graham to be their head coach, multiple reports surfaced saying that the University had offered the position to Sumlin.

Sumlin wound up taking the job at Texas A&M, and the Sun Devils hired then-Pitt coach Graham. Since Graham’s hire, ASU has won 28 games and its first Pac-12 South title in 2013.

Sumlin has also led his team to 28 wins in three seasons in College Station, including an 11-2 mark in 2012, the school’s first season in the SEC. That season, his team was led by Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.